Testing and Reliability

at Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, Budapest

Mrs. Ilona Várnai PhD

Three types of exams

• STANAG 6001

• General exams (English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Hungarian as a foreign language)

• ARMA military language exam (English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovakian, Ukrainian)

ARMA military language exam

Accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Board in 2001

Parts of the exams

• “A” - type exam oral exam

• “B” - type exam written exam

• “C” - type exam complex exam

Levels of the exam

• Basic

• Intermediate

• Advanced

Oral exams

• Interview (general topics)• Interview (military topics)• Description of a picture (basic level)• Role-play dialogue (basic level)• Expressing opinion (intermediate and advanced

levels)• Language laboratory (intermediate and advanced

levels)

Written exams(basic level)

• a 20-item multiple-choice test

• reading comprehension task

• guided letter writing

Written exams(intermediate level)

• a 50-question multiple-choice test

• translation (into the foreign language)

• reading comprehension task

• guided composition

Written exams(advanced level)

• a 50-question multiple-choice test

• guided summary

• translation (into Hungarian language)

• guided composition

Reliability

1. more than one wayRECEPTIVE PRODUCTIVE

ORAL EXAM listening speaking

WRITTEN EXAM reading writing

2. tasks are controlled3. unambiguous items4. clear and explicit instructions

Reliability (cont.)

5. well laid and perfectly legible tests6. familiar with format and testing techniques7. non-distracting conditions8. score reliability 9. identification by numbers

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